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Alliance and Leicester - incompetent and moneygrabbing
I have been with Alliance and Leicester for nearly four years, and have 3 current accounts with them. I tried to close a dormant current account the other day. Despite me confirming which account it should be several times to them, they managed to close my MAIN current account by accident, just before the end of the month…
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Advice please re argos.
After some advice from you all please! Long story so sorry..... On my daughters birthday we got her a bed canopy advertised in argos at £54.95 which lit up. Once it was unwrapped, and after 45 mins of poles and poking it was assembled, when we realised that it did not have said lights. The following day I rung argos who…
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Virgin media
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: They've actually done something that has impressed me. Yesterday i changed my tv and when i connected the box, the colour kept going to black/white for a few secs, every 10 mins or so. I tried everything myself to try and get it to work. In the end rang them up, got the usual speal, have you made…
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Non-refundable Deposit
OH booked lorry driving lessons for over a months time and paid a 50 pound deposit on thursday, on friday he was offered a job with training so doesnt need this anymore so he has phoned to cancel these lessons. He has been told he will not get his deposit back but was not told at the time it was non refundable. Is there…
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Goshopdirect - MEANIES!!!
Hey everyone, I purchased an attachment for my mum's kenwood chef on 11/2, in advance for mothers day... So all excited yesterday I gave it to her only to discover she has the chef 'classic' and this attachment won't fit it.... !!!!!!!!!! Not a problem I thought, so I emailed Goshopdirect last night, they replied this…
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Esporta want to charge me 3 months to cancel!
I need advice please!I joined Esporta two years ago, and have decided to cancel as I am not using it enough.When I joined I was clearly told that I needed to give one month's membership to cancel. (I am checking the contract when I get home, but I know what I was told!)I cancelled last week, and I have now been told that I…
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nhs car park fees in wales.
as we're no longer patients these days and more like consumers I have chosen this board to post - if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will tell me. welsh assembly announcement this a.m. parking fees at nhs trust hospitals operated by the trusts themselves will be removed on Apr.1 at hospitals where the parking facilities are…
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Sell to CEX payment delay
I have dealt with these people on a few occasions and have never had trouble but my latest dealing has been awful. I sent off over £250 worth of games to them on Feb 4th via next day special delivery, it took 2 weeks for the status to change to 'goods received' and i have still not had payment, they ignore e mails sent…
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Trekwear
Just bought some ski trousers from Trekwear, fast efficient service and delivery. http://www.trekwear.co.uk/
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House of Fraser online - beware poor packaging and delivery service
Just a quick rant after using H of F online service for the first time! They use Amtrak for delivery in my area whose delivery policies differ from those stated on the H of F website ie they work different hours and do NOT leave parcels with neighbours. If they fail to deliver after 2 attempts (which can be any time…
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No word on returned item
Hi all, has anyone had any dealings with a company called steelcube? (steelcube.com) I ordered a digital photo frame from them just before Christmas but they sent the wrong model so I returned the frame after Christmas. One of their employees gave me the return address by email and though I sent the frame back via insured…
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Ryanair Baggage Delay, Wont Honour Agreement on Out of Pocket Expenses
I wonder if anybody can help. My wife recently took a flight from East Midlands to Dinard with Ryanair. She arrived safe and sound but her suitcase didn't ( it got left in the Midlands arriving 2 days later ). If this happens in the UK when the bag arrives on a later flight Ryanair courier the bag to you. Not in France -…
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David Lloyd caused injury
A week or so I went back to my gym after a little while of slacking off, and since I was a bit rusty I decided to ask for some help. I'd never used the weights machines before so one of the young personal trainers said he'd help me for a little bit. Anyway, when we got to the weights, he just said to lift as much as I…
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Royal Mail problem ???
I posted a Mothers day card plus small framed photo last Wednesday (27th Feb) , 1st class post, receipt giving proof of postage -unfortunately no track and trace number. I had a phone call from Mums at the care home she's in this afternoon..........the card and photo hadn't arrived -she is in a very poorly state and this…
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Sainsburys Beef
dont know if this is in the right place but i am really annoyed bought a joint of beef from sainsburys costing £11 which i think is expensive but thought i would cook a nice meal as the family was coming to lunch wrapped it in foil cook as per instructions to my horror the meat pan was full of what looked like water not…
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The White Company
This is by far and away the best customer service I have EVER received or even heard of! I wanted some stuff from the White Company for my kids to give their mum on Mothers Day, so ordered by phone on Wednesday afternoon (too late for normal delivery) and paid £10 for next day delivery, which I was told would actually mean…
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halifax mortgage cheek !
On Martins reconmendation on monday we paid £5000 off our mortage, the money went from our account straight away, five working days before the end of February and the balance of our mortgage changed straight away, however when the mortgage came out today it was not at the reduced rate we were told it would be, my husband…
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The Tech Guys
Hey, On the 11th of February I took my laptop into repair as the 'L' key had fell off, since it was going away I told them to fix the ethernet port and the tiny crack on the laptop lock thing. I eventually got it back today, and they had stolen half of my memory!! (512mb); and I couldnt flick the switch to turn my internet…
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Mouldy sweets in kids lucky bag - Debenhams
Hi, I popped in to Debenhams yesterdays and picked up a couple of lucky bags in the sale reduced to 60p. Luckily my kids don't really like jelly sweets as I have just noticed today that the sweets are covered in mould :eek: . Unfortunately I ate one yesterday but I seemed to have survived - serves me right for nicking the…
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John lewis won't!
I ordered a TV from John Lewis couple of days ago but received an email yesterday to say the order was cancelled as it had failed security checks. So I rung John Lewis and they apologise and said would re-do the order. Just had another email from john Lewis to say it's been cancelled again!! Rang them again and they said…
